From: Post-traumatic epilepsy in Cameroon: a retrospective study in a referral hospital
Variables | N = 65 | (%) |
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At the time of trauma | ||
Haemorrhagic contusion | 14 | 21.5 |
Diffuse axonal injury | 10 | 15.4 |
Sub-dural haematoma | 10 | 15.4 |
Depressed skull fracture | 4 | 6.2 |
Cerebral oedema | 4 | 6.2 |
Penetrating cranioencephalic injury | 2 | 3.1 |
Sub-arachnoid haemorrhage | 1 | 1.5 |
Normal | 9 | 13.8 |
After epilepsy onset | ||
Gliosis | 4 | 6.2 |
Sequelae of cerebral infarction | 3 | 4.6 |
Cortical atrophy | 1 | 1.5 |
Porencephalic cyst | 1 | 1.5 |
Non-specific hyperintensities | 1 | 1.5 |
Normal | 4 | 6.2 |
Site of lesions | ||
Frontal | 25 | 38.5 |
Parietal | 12 | 18.5 |
Temporal | 7 | 10.8 |
Occipital | 2 | 3.1 |